The Spirit of Xystus (Bede)

Series: Trinitytide

August 07, 2018
Fr. Vaughn Treco

180807 - Homily - The Spirit of Xystus (Bede)

Episode Notes

Homily - The Spirit of Xystus (Bede)

IN PAST TIMES of controversy, when the unity of the Church was being threatened...

Some popes faithfully preserved and defended the Deposit of Faithbut, they did so with a spirit of severity..and, thus, weakened the unity of the Catholic Church...


AT OTHER TIMES of controversy...a few popes employed ambiguous language in an attempt to preserve the Unity of the Church. 

But, these efforts, increased confusion in the hearts and mindsof the sons of Godand served only to weaken the Church’s hold on the Deposit of Faith.


AND THEN, THERE WAS Pope Xystus...

Who without fear and with great clarity proclaimed, defended, protected and bequeathed to posterity the Deposit of Faith...in all its fullness and splendor...in a spirit of peace;

And, thus Pope Xystus the “good and peaceful”, preserved both the integrity of the Doctrine of the Faith and the Unity of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.

O Lord God, Grant to your servantFrancis, our pope, the  spirit of Pope Saint Xystus!

Saint Xystus, Pope and Martyr: Pray for us.

O Lord Jesus Christ, Head of your Mystical Body: Have Mercy on us!

Have mercy on us!

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